How Science Can Make Itself Heard

How can we get the message of research across effectively? That’s what the talk “The Age of (Dis)Information: Science Making Itself Heard” was all about, organized by the OeAW and the FWF in the run-up to the Long Night of Research. Science journalist Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim demonstrated to a full house how science communication can work in the media and online. Find out more in the detailed scilog interview and in the online video of the presentation.

April 27, 2026

Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim auf der Bühne vor den blauen Logowänden von FWF und ÖAW — The well-known science journalist Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim spoke about the dos and don’ts of successful science communication in the run-up to the Long Night of Research in Vienna. © Daniel Hinterramskogler

In a media and communication landscape characterized by oversimplified messages and knee-jerk reactions, science needs strong, audible voices now more than ever. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim is one of these voices: In her lecture in the Festsaal of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the chemist and multi-award-winning science communicator showed how she made her way from the laboratory to television – and how she managed to become one of the most widely heard voices in science communication in the German-speaking world. For more details, check out the interview in the scilog science magazine as well as the video stream of the event, available on demand here online.